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IDUM0478

Negev, 360-359 BCE. Ceramic Vessel. Commodity chit.

Transcription

לתשרי שנת קוסחנן לח

Translation

[On the x of] Tishri, year [20+]24[+2?] (=46?),[Qo]sḥanan to Ḥ[...]: [...].

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
Date is unclear: September-October, 360 BCE or October - November, 359 BCE. Day of the month is missing in line 1, and thera are missing letters in line 2. Ostracon is cracked at the end of line 1, and the upright position of fourth numeral stroke suggests there may have been one or two more strokes, yielding a year of 45 or 46. Name of the payee is not legible, and that of the product is erased.

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 52 cm; W: 55 cm; D: 4-10 cm

Date

360 BCE to 359 BCE

Current location

Institute of Archaeology

Figures

No figures described.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea. Volume 2. Dossiers 11-50: 263 Commodity Chits. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2016.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea. Volume 2. Dossiers 11-50: 263 Commodity Chits. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2016.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea. Volume 2. Dossiers 11-50: 263 Commodity Chits. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2016.
    Zotero
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